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President Roosevelt asks George Robert Carter if he would accept the governorship and if Sanford B. Dole would be a good judge.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-10-30
President Roosevelt thanks David Starr Jordan for his help on the Hawaiian matter and shares his views regarding Sanford Dole and George Carter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-03-12
President Roosevelt is no longer considering Colonel Parker as a potential Governor of Hawaii Territory. Rumors have spread that Governor Dole is being replaced and Roosevelt believes that Parker is the source of these rumors.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-01-31
President Roosevelt no longer thinks that Colonel Parker is qualified to be Governor of Hawaii Territory and requests George Carter’s views on the situation in Hawaii.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-01-29
President Roosevelt is considering replacing Sanford Dole as Governor of Hawaii Territory and is considering Samuel Parker and George Carter as potential appointees. He would like Parker’s view on the situation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-01-28
President Roosevelt wants it to be clear that he has not decided to appoint a new Governor for the Hawaii Territory. However, should a change become desirable he would consider George Carter for the position and would appreciate Carter’s opinion on the matter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-01-28
President Roosevelt writes on several political topics: the wild advice from the Washburn family, the governorship of Hawaii territory, and Philip Battell Stewart becoming Chairman of the State Committee in Colorado.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-01-13
George Robert Carter believes current Hawaii Governor Dole would be an excellent judicial appointment. He offers his own services and says Roosevelt “may command such ability as I possess in any honorable way.” If Roosevelt were to appoint him governor of the islands, Carter believes he would need several changes in the current administration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-10-30
Leopold G. Blackman, principal of the Honolulu School for Boys, discusses the institution’s founding. The school’s object is to develop character through self-help and industry. While some funds needed to maintain the school have been raised, the school’s further development requires additional money. Blackman asks Theodore Roosevelt to contribute to the cause.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-15
William R. Harr has investigated the charges against United States Attorney Robert W. Breckons that have been brought by E. W. Thwing, and gives Attorney General Bonaparte a thorough report of his findings. Harr addresses both Breckons’s personal character and his professional involvements and associations. Harr concludes that while he believes Breckons has worked efficiently and well, “his desire to serve his friends and increase his fortune has led him into a number of acts of questionable propriety and into some of unquestionable impropriety.” Harr understands from Breckons that he does not plan to stay in his position much longer, as the workload has increased to such a degree as to prevent additional private practice, which is necessary to supplement the income from the government position due to the high cost of living in Hawaii.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-01
Sanford B. Dole, President of the Republic of Hawaii, conducts a land auction, selling property that he probably does not own, and contributing to the Americanization of Hawaii. Caption: The annexation hustlers in Hawaii will start a genuine American real estate boom, and reap all the profits there are in it.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-01-27
Henry E. Cooper denies that Hawaii considered neutrality leading up to the Spanish-American War and subsequently provided assistance to the United States.
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1902-02-21
Newly appointed Governor of Hawaii, George Robert Carter, discusses Hawaii’s current administration. Carter hopes for President Roosevelt’s support in removing Treasurer Kepoikai from office due to his egregious mistakes during Governor Doles’s term. Carter writes that Kepoikai, an attorney at law with hopes to succeed Judge Kalua as the Federal Circuit Judge for the District of Maui, agreed to leave office but now denies such an agreement.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-25
After careful consideration, President Roosevelt believes that Governor Dole deserves the administration’s support and should continue as governor of Hawaii Territory.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-14
John W. Foster asks George B. Cortelyou to forward the enclosed papers to President Roosevelt, which will show that Governor Dole did not favor Hawaiian neutrality during the Spanish-American War.
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1902-03-14
William Haywood refutes claims that Governor Dole was considering a proclamation of neutrality during the Spanish-American War. He describes Dole as “a friend of the United States when she was in need.” Haywood was the United States Consul-General at Honolulu during the war.
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1902-03-11
President Jordan of Stanford University encloses excerpts from two letters written by Carl S. Smith regarding Hawaiian affairs. He advises President Roosevelt that it would be a mistake to reverse Governor Dole’s policies or do anything which might humiliate him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-03-06
Henry E. Cooper, the Hawaiian Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1898, encloses a statement concerning the attitude of the Hawaiian Executive at the beginning of the Spanish-American War. He also encloses letters from President Sanford B. Dole and Minister Francis March Hatch.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-21
There appears to be general support in Hawaii for George Robert Carter replacing Governor Dole. The only opposition is from the “men who are stirring up strife among the natives.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-13
Hammond Lamont encloses three clippings related to the situation in Hawaii. He has also requested that their correspondent send an unbiased statement on the controversy with Governor Dole.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-08